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An upgraded version of the Iron Dome missile defense system has successfully passed a series of tests in recent days, in which the new jointly-developed Tamir interceptor missile destroyed several projectiles.

The Jewish state’s Iron Dome aerial defense system could be used by South Korea to mitigate threats posed by North Korea, an Israeli diplomat said this past week, according to the Yonhap news agency.

Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defense system on Saturday shot down two stray “projectiles” fired during fighting in Syria’s civil war, Israel’s military said.

The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday that it failed in three attempts to shoot down an unidentified drone aircraft that entered Israeli airspace from Syria on Sunday.

TEL AVIV – The United States and Israel successfully conducted a “milestone” exercise in which both countries’ missile defense systems were tested against a simulated attack of thousands of rockets fired from Lebanon and Iran, the Defense Ministry announced Wednesday.

RISHON LEZION, Israel – The United States has tested the short-range interceptor missile used by Israel’s Iron Dome system with a view to incorporating it or a future American counterpart in European-based air defences against Russia, a U.S. Army general said on Monday.

WASHINGTON – A new decade-long US defense package to Israel worth billions is “very close” to completion, a senior Israeli official in Washington told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

CNN reports: Israel has successfully tested a maritime missile interception system to shoot down short-range missiles, dubbing it the “Iron Dome of the Sea.”

The Jerusalem Post reports: The Israeli navy is in the midst of intensive preparations to deal with a growing rocket and missile threat posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, a senior IDF officer revealed on Wednesday.

Israel has successfully tested its Iron Dome rocket defense system aboard naval ships for the first time.

Negotiations meant to enshrine U.S. defense aid for Israel over the next decade have snagged on disputes about the size, scope and fine print of a new multibillion-dollar package, officials say.

More than four-fifths of the U.S. Senate have signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to quickly reach an agreement on a new defense aid package for Israel worth more than the current $3 billion per year.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) celebrated on Thursday, at exactly 5:16pm, five years since the first rocket interception by the Iron Dome system. It began with the historic interception of a rocket fired from northern Gaza towards an Ashkelon neighborhood,

TEL AVIV – Israel and the United States on Sunday launched Juniper Cobra 16, their biennial ballistic missile defense exercise, the IDF announced.

TEL AVIV – Israel should take preemptive “brief but forceful” action against Hamas, the executive director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) wrote in a new analysis. Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, who served as the IDF’s chief of Military Intelligence until 2010, further stated that Israel must devise a technological solution to deal with the cross-border underground terror tunnels that Hamas is building.

Israel’s Defense Ministry confirmed that it is cooperating with the U.S. to develop a system for detecting tunnels, hailed as an underground equivalent of the Iron Dome missile defense system. The Financial Times reported that the U.S. has earmarked $120

Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security”, his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement,

Even though the Gulf States refuse to recognize the fact that Israel exists as a sovereign state, they are reaching out for help acquiring defensive technology, largely against Iran.

Hamas’s popularity within Gaza surged to its highest levels during the summer Gaza War, but is now fading after what was essentially a Hamas defeat in the war.